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Volume 62 Issue 47 Monday, February 14, 2000 WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY The Signpost POST Snorts '3 r; "v tl WSU high jumper Charles dinger competes in the WSU Invitational. Page 6 Volunteers help make Valentine's Day cards to be delivered to patients in area hosptials. Hage 7 Tigger's new movie is a hit with young andyoung-at-heart. Page 10 Coining Soon Are you hungry? Really, really hungry? Read Wednesday's Starving Student section to learn how to survive on a college budget. Heather Today ffSSfr High: 50 Low: 37 A passing shower Tuesday High: 48 lLow: 30 A few showers Wednesday High: 48 Low: 31 Snow, rain early Source: u m M.wejlher.com 1 Hem , a&e 4 4, '" - 'QUUdlfSIIBSS GGD ZT, Demonstration to By Angie Welling editor in chief-The Signpost Higher education students from across the state will meet on the steps of the state Capitol Wednesday to rally for better pay for their professors. The student-led rally was planned by student body presidents from each of Utah's nine public institutions of higher education. The idea is to show the Legislature that students will not sit by and let their education be compromised by low professor salaries, said Dee Hansen, Weber State University Student Association president. Ben McAdams, University of Utah student body president, agreed. "We demand a quality education." Utah is at a crossroads Proposed! ff El (CgBOIKDSEnrQS mmeLiTJDGG By Preston McConkie asst. news editor-The Signpost Student fees don't have to go up next year if the Student Fee Recommendation Committee asks the President's Council not to, vice president for Student Affairs Anand Dyal-Chand told the committee Friday. The Utah State Legislature is expected to raise tuition 3 percent next year, Dyal-Chand said. The Legislature allows schools to raise their student fees by the same percentage. But they don't have to, and the SFRC can recommend otherwise, he said. "Then why don't we say a zero increase?" asked Mike Chertudi, Weber State University Student Association academic vice president. Dyal-Chand told the committee it would have $5.35 million to divide among the 21 programs applying for money. That estimate was based on a projected 3 percent hike in student fees. Without the increase the amount would be $5.19 million, for a difference of $156,000. Last year's committee was given $5.11 million to spend. Programs and offices asking for student fee money some for the first time are requesting approximately $400,000 more than was allocated last year. But It is normal for requests to outstrip funds, Dyal-Chand said. "As a committee, you make recommendations to the President's Council," he said. "What you have to look at is the services that are being provided and the amount of money that's being asked for. And if our calculations are correct, and we're asking for $200,000 more you have some tough decisions to make." Dyal-Chand said he favored creating a day care center in addition to the fee-subsidized service provided by the education department and the new drop-in day care center scheduled to open in the Shepherd Union Building this fall. He said more than a hundred student parents were on a waiting list for YSU-proided day care last year, and current programs don't come close to filling the need. The SFRC reviewed the budget of the new Services for see Committee page 3 support professors' salary increase HIGHER EDUCATION f l s s u t s IrijiniTDTif .-- s LEGISLATURE 2 O 0 0 in education, McAdams said. It is time for legislators to recognize that the quality of higher education in the state is sliding downhill, he said, and make attempts to stop the decline. Utah State University student body President Nate Anderson said, The real is- jJLijBs &J m is liiJiiss SiiJ : : i L-- 3- muw M (EsDpBGGDlI sue is that we Legislature spend so much on our highways and buildings. It's important that we keep quality instruction in our classrooms."To ensure quality instruction, Anderson said students are requesting at least a 4.5 percent increase in professors' salaries. Current salaries, he said, are not competitive with those across the country. "We're losing our faculty to out-of-state schools," McAdams said. McAdams cited a report saying that professors at the University of Utah are only paid 81 percent of what their peers are making outside the state. WSU's student government has issued the following statement in order to show its support for the salary increase. see Salary page 3 Ji.Umiilluiiiyiin nil. f i - I i. , j- vy Sina Sharifan has a discussion with Trooper Quinncy Thusday. Career Fair offers job possibilities, exposure By Tanna Barry news editor-The Signpost More than 175 employers and 6.000 students crowded into the Shepherd Union Building Ballroom at Weber State University's annual Career Fair Thursday. "This career fair has its name out there," said Beth Alpaugh. public relations specialist for the Call for action By Angie Welling editor in chief-The Signpost With decision time nearing for the state's budget within the Utah State Legislature, Weber State University's student government leaders are issuing a call for action.A statement from Mike Chertudi, WSU Student Association's academic vice president, introduces a campaign to support at least a 4 percent increase for professors' salaries across the state. "When our institutions become unable to retain and attract 'quality professors and professional f A 'f Career Fair. "It has gotten so big because of Its reputation." She said many employers heard about WSU's Career Fair through people at different fairs. Alpaugh said WSU's fair is being recognized across the nation and representatives are coming from other states to be there. WSU's Career Fair Is the biggest one hosted in the state of Utah. Alpaugh said. There were 193 different employers from Utah and other states scheduled to staff our education suffers, as well as our potential to compete in the current and potential Job market," Chertudi wrote. WSUSA is asking students to contact their local representatives and senators by phone, letter or e-mail and express their support for the salary increase. The sooner we begin calling our local legislators, the better possibility we have to influence their decisions in our behalf," Chertudi wrote. For a complete list of members of the 2000 Legislature, log onto www.le.state.ut.us or stop by Chertudi's office in Student Activities, Shepherd Union Building Room 250. 4 0 attend this event. Alpaugh said tills is the largest number of employers tliat WSU has ever had at the Career Fair. "Employers like our career fair because they can talk to more people," Alpaugh said. She expects that both the number and variety of employers will Increase next year. She has already had some of the employers come ask her see Fair page 3 Lwww.weliBr.edusignnostJ

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Volume 62 Issue 47 Monday, February 14, 2000 WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY The Signpost POST Snorts '3 r; "v tl WSU high jumper Charles dinger competes in the WSU Invitational. Page 6 Volunteers help make Valentine's Day cards to be delivered to patients in area hosptials. Hage 7 Tigger's new movie is a hit with young andyoung-at-heart. Page 10 Coining Soon Are you hungry? Really, really hungry? Read Wednesday's Starving Student section to learn how to survive on a college budget. Heather Today ffSSfr High: 50 Low: 37 A passing shower Tuesday High: 48 lLow: 30 A few showers Wednesday High: 48 Low: 31 Snow, rain early Source: u m M.wejlher.com 1 Hem , a&e 4 4, '" - 'QUUdlfSIIBSS GGD ZT, Demonstration to By Angie Welling editor in chief-The Signpost Higher education students from across the state will meet on the steps of the state Capitol Wednesday to rally for better pay for their professors. The student-led rally was planned by student body presidents from each of Utah's nine public institutions of higher education. The idea is to show the Legislature that students will not sit by and let their education be compromised by low professor salaries, said Dee Hansen, Weber State University Student Association president. Ben McAdams, University of Utah student body president, agreed. "We demand a quality education." Utah is at a crossroads Proposed! ff El (CgBOIKDSEnrQS mmeLiTJDGG By Preston McConkie asst. news editor-The Signpost Student fees don't have to go up next year if the Student Fee Recommendation Committee asks the President's Council not to, vice president for Student Affairs Anand Dyal-Chand told the committee Friday. The Utah State Legislature is expected to raise tuition 3 percent next year, Dyal-Chand said. The Legislature allows schools to raise their student fees by the same percentage. But they don't have to, and the SFRC can recommend otherwise, he said. "Then why don't we say a zero increase?" asked Mike Chertudi, Weber State University Student Association academic vice president. Dyal-Chand told the committee it would have $5.35 million to divide among the 21 programs applying for money. That estimate was based on a projected 3 percent hike in student fees. Without the increase the amount would be $5.19 million, for a difference of $156,000. Last year's committee was given $5.11 million to spend. Programs and offices asking for student fee money some for the first time are requesting approximately $400,000 more than was allocated last year. But It is normal for requests to outstrip funds, Dyal-Chand said. "As a committee, you make recommendations to the President's Council," he said. "What you have to look at is the services that are being provided and the amount of money that's being asked for. And if our calculations are correct, and we're asking for $200,000 more you have some tough decisions to make." Dyal-Chand said he favored creating a day care center in addition to the fee-subsidized service provided by the education department and the new drop-in day care center scheduled to open in the Shepherd Union Building this fall. He said more than a hundred student parents were on a waiting list for YSU-proided day care last year, and current programs don't come close to filling the need. The SFRC reviewed the budget of the new Services for see Committee page 3 support professors' salary increase HIGHER EDUCATION f l s s u t s IrijiniTDTif .-- s LEGISLATURE 2 O 0 0 in education, McAdams said. It is time for legislators to recognize that the quality of higher education in the state is sliding downhill, he said, and make attempts to stop the decline. Utah State University student body President Nate Anderson said, The real is- jJLijBs &J m is liiJiiss SiiJ : : i L-- 3- muw M (EsDpBGGDlI sue is that we Legislature spend so much on our highways and buildings. It's important that we keep quality instruction in our classrooms."To ensure quality instruction, Anderson said students are requesting at least a 4.5 percent increase in professors' salaries. Current salaries, he said, are not competitive with those across the country. "We're losing our faculty to out-of-state schools," McAdams said. McAdams cited a report saying that professors at the University of Utah are only paid 81 percent of what their peers are making outside the state. WSU's student government has issued the following statement in order to show its support for the salary increase. see Salary page 3 Ji.Umiilluiiiyiin nil. f i - I i. , j- vy Sina Sharifan has a discussion with Trooper Quinncy Thusday. Career Fair offers job possibilities, exposure By Tanna Barry news editor-The Signpost More than 175 employers and 6.000 students crowded into the Shepherd Union Building Ballroom at Weber State University's annual Career Fair Thursday. "This career fair has its name out there," said Beth Alpaugh. public relations specialist for the Call for action By Angie Welling editor in chief-The Signpost With decision time nearing for the state's budget within the Utah State Legislature, Weber State University's student government leaders are issuing a call for action.A statement from Mike Chertudi, WSU Student Association's academic vice president, introduces a campaign to support at least a 4 percent increase for professors' salaries across the state. "When our institutions become unable to retain and attract 'quality professors and professional f A 'f Career Fair. "It has gotten so big because of Its reputation." She said many employers heard about WSU's Career Fair through people at different fairs. Alpaugh said WSU's fair is being recognized across the nation and representatives are coming from other states to be there. WSU's Career Fair Is the biggest one hosted in the state of Utah. Alpaugh said. There were 193 different employers from Utah and other states scheduled to staff our education suffers, as well as our potential to compete in the current and potential Job market," Chertudi wrote. WSUSA is asking students to contact their local representatives and senators by phone, letter or e-mail and express their support for the salary increase. The sooner we begin calling our local legislators, the better possibility we have to influence their decisions in our behalf," Chertudi wrote. For a complete list of members of the 2000 Legislature, log onto www.le.state.ut.us or stop by Chertudi's office in Student Activities, Shepherd Union Building Room 250. 4 0 attend this event. Alpaugh said tills is the largest number of employers tliat WSU has ever had at the Career Fair. "Employers like our career fair because they can talk to more people," Alpaugh said. She expects that both the number and variety of employers will Increase next year. She has already had some of the employers come ask her see Fair page 3 Lwww.weliBr.edusignnostJ